Microsoft knows we will lose in robot war, argues for coexistence

Tweet Share Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, a respected leader of one of the world’s largest and most important technology companies, speaks as if humanity lives on the cusp of science-fiction. At today’s Microsoft Build press conference, Nadella said of the not-so-distant-future, “It’s not going to be about man versus machine, it’s going to be about man with machines.” The line addresses a sincere concern held by esteemed scientists like Stephen Hawking that artificial intelligence could one day eliminate human life. Nadella points to Microsoft’s own artificially intelligent assistant Cortana as a positive example of our early coexistence with AI. The tool follows its users across Microsoft platforms, solving problems over the course of a day. It can find the name of store you once shopped at, name the director of a…